On The Business Show on Marlow FM on 14th December 2023, my guests were Hilary Messer of Gardner Leader and Oli Sussat of Harding Financial, who joined me to talk about their work, and to discuss a range of business news stories.
The theme for my two music choices was walking, and given I needed to be reminded of sunshine, I started with Katrina & The Waves and “Walking on Sunshine” - https://youtu.be/iPUmE-tne5U?si=uqJ3FHtQivv8tgNI is where you can hear it.
Hilary then spoke about her legal work for Gardner Leader, and we talked not only about suing people (or being sued!) but how to perhaps avoid either of those things happening, with mediation being a key option.
Their website is at https://www.gardner-leader.co.uk/ and you can connect with her via https://www.linkedin.com/in/hilary-messer-4393332/.
Oli then talked about Harding Financial, a firm of independent financial planners, and we talked about their efforts to help people understand their financial options, as well as how they work with employers on employment benefits.
Their website is https://hardingfinancial.co.uk/and you can connect with him at https://www.linkedin.com/in/osussat/.
His music choice was “Especially for you” by Kylie & Jason – because he watched Neighbours twice a day and wanted to actually write a song for Jason! You can hear it at https://youtu.be/yalM-2ih7RU?si=aM5ac_f_bzOCA0xX.
Hilary chose a story featured at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67623614 - have you made an online copy of yourself? Is it lying to customers, or clever use of tech?
We then played her choice of music – “All you need is love”, but very specifically the version from Love Actually. She chose it because she loves that film. And we all need love right now. You can hear it at https://youtu.be/m_2q1rclwNE?si=62gcrp5AkiN7sZWS.
Oli’s story for us to discuss can be found at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67661494 - but why is this a business story? What can businesses do to better serve distinct premium and best value markets?
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